• tb_@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    aren’t only present on fish farms

    No. But if you keep a lot of fish really tightly packed in the same place those parasites will have a much easier time spreading.

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      6 months ago

      Yes. Again, my point is that fish parasites are widely present in wild fish populations and have been since before fish farming existed

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        6 months ago

        Yes… But with open net fish farming you get more fish with parasites and more parasites per fish. So it was a lesser problem before.